Safety-pocket.



T. B. RYAN.

SAFETY POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1911.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

STATES PATENT ()FFIQIZI.

THOMAS B. RYAN, OF NEW BEDFOBD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAFETY-POCKET.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS B. RYAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New Bedford, county of Bristol, State of ll Iassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a safety pocket for the garment of a carpenter or other mechanic, and its object is to provide a simple, practical, and inexpensive pocket adapted to receive a folded rule and prevent the same from falling out or being surreptitiously removed.

The novel features of the invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a garment, having my invention thereon; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l and showing a rule in position to be introduced into the pocket or withdrawn therefrom; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the middle of the pocket with a rule therein.

The pocket may be placed either on the outside or inside of the garment and in the particular form illustrated, I have shown it as employed on the side of the leg of a pair of overalls designated by the numeral 1. The pocket 2 on the garment is fastened thereto, along the sides and bottom by stitching 3 and has an open top. A transverse opening 4t in the pocket extends across substantially the greater portion of the width of the pocket, preferably near its top, and is of such size and shape as to enable one of the folds of a rule to be conveniently passed therethrough in introducing the same into the pocket or in withdrawing it therefrom. The opening 4 leaves a strip or guard 5 at the top of the pocket and when the rule is in the pocketthis guard lies between the folds of the rule and serves as a retaining means to prevent it from being accidentally displaced or surreptitiously removed. The pocket, which is relatively long and narrow,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. August 25, 1911.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Serial No. 645,941.

is of such length that the rule will protrude some distance above the top so that it may be convenlently grasped when it is desired to remove it from the pocket.

In introducing the rule into the pocket it is placed fiat against the latter, with its hinge downward and the folds slightly open, and then drawn upwardly, so that one fold passes through the opening l and behind gnard 5,until hinge '7 reaches guard 5, the position shown in Fig. 2. The rule may then be readily dropped into the pocket, assuming the position illustrated in Fig. 1. In order to withdraw the rule from the pocket it is first drawn upwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2 and then moved away from the garment slightly and passed downwardly outside of the pocket until free from guard 5.

It is evident that in case of any tendency for the rule to fall out of the pocket as for example when the latter is, for any reason inverted, the guard 5 will engage hinge 7, and thus prevent the rule from leaving the pocket. By providing the opening l in the pocket itself and thereby having the guard integral therewith, a very simple and inexpensive safety pocket is produced which is not unsightly and is of great practical value.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A garment pocket for sectional rules, comprising a section of the garment, and an outer wall connected to said garment to form an elongated pocket, said outer wall consi sting of a single strip of material provided near the top free margin with a horizontal elongated opening adapted to receive and have passed therethrough a section of said rule, whereby said rule is prevented from accidentally dropping from said pocket.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TIIOllIAS I3. RYAN. IVitnesses M. Fnnonrrn, MARY RYAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington. D. G. 

